[R] Coordinates of the text region

[jim holtman]

take a look at 'textbox' in plotrix.

On Sat, Mar 26, 2011 at 9:05 PM, Francois Rousseu
<francoisrousseu at hotmail.com> wrote:
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> Let's say I do the following:
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> plot(0,0,type="n",xlim=c(0,10),ylim=c(0,10))
> rect(4,5,5,6,border="black",col="white")
> text(4.5,5.5,"species",cex=2)
>
> I would like to be able to determine a rectangle size that will be able to contain the text species. I'm working on a function using multiple lines and boxes where text of varying length has to be written.
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> Francois
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>> On Mar 26, 2011, at 8:39 PM, Francois Rousseu wrote:
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>> >
>> > Hello R people
>> >
>> > Is there a way to get the coordinates of the text region
>> > (coordinates of the four corners for example)
>>
>> What "text region" are you talking about?
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>> > when using the text function? I'm looking for a way that does not
>> > make use of interactive function like locator. My goal is to
>> > determine the position of other structures in a graphic so that they
>> > don't overlap with the text.
>>
>> The plotrix package and the rms package have functions for avoiding
>> plotted points but you seem to be looking for something else.
>>
>> --
>>
>> David Winsemius, MD
>> West Hartford, CT
>>
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